The Society for Costa Rica Stamp Collectors

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Auction 245

Send all bids to Hector Mena PO Box 14831, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 or hrmena8@cox.net. The closing date is Saturday January 22, 2022 at noon. The winning bid will be 10% over the next highest bid. If there is only one bid the winning price will be equal to the reserve. If the difference between the top bids is less than 10% the winning bid will be equal to the top bid.

All the lots are illustrated in the Socorico Web Site with complete auction conditions. The same information can be obtained by fax or mail from auction manager. A buyer fee of 5% will be charged, but it will be waived if payment is received within 15 days after notification. If no payment is received 30 days after notification the lot will be assigned to the second highest bidder. The cost of postage is additional. Packages over $100 will be sent signature package and foreign ones will be sent airmail registered at the recipient risk. Consultwww.usps.com for postage rates. Submit items for next auction by February 5, 2022 by noon to auction manager.

All payments will be made to Socorico either by check to Treasurer or PayPal account socorico@mail.com Each bid should be accompanied with the address to mail the lots, if not available the society listed address will be used and also with mailing instructions.

Catalogue price reference is "Scott Standard Catalogue", other reference numbers are the "Costa Rica Postal Catalogue Fourth Edition" or "Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2006 (M&R)". Low value stamps are not graded; in a lot the overall grade represents the highest value stamps. Abbreviations o/p: overprint, s/c: surcharge, cc: circular cancellation, ng: no gum, og: original gum, nh: no hinged, FDC: first day cover, mint or MNH: mint never hinged, SJ: San Jose, reg: registered, bk: block, i: irregular shape, RUC: right upper corner, RLC: right lower corner, LUC: lower upper corner, LLC: left lower corner. Commercial covers - unless specified these covers may have stamps of other contemporary issues. All covers from San Jose or to San Jose unless specified.

Lot	Description	Reserve
1	Sc312a monuments Souvenir sheet used Mar 86	$10
2	Sc312a as above MNH cat 16	$2.5
3	Sc487a imperforated block of 4 MNH	$50
4	Sc496a imperforated strip of 3 MNH	$55
5	Sc498 vertical pair imperforated	$30
6	C104-16 1945 o/p overprinted muestra some minimal hinge	$25
7	C120 Red Cross block of 4 MNH	$2
8	C120 as above red cross shifted left used	$1
9	C120 as above printer's file copy	$1.5
10	C120 as above overprinted muestra (MA131)	$2
11	C120 as above proof in sepia o/p Waterlow & Sons (SA131b)	$6
12	C120 on cover Liberia to SJ registered Jan 1953	$1.5
13	C120 on cover to Indiana cachet coffee Sep 1954	$1
14	C183 Red Cross surcharge Guanacaste, minor errors, block of 4	$2
15	C183 as above pair MNH	$1
16	C183 as above second line missing (A195c)	$10
17	C183 as above second line missing (A195c)	$10
18	C183 as above line above surcharge (A195d)	$5
19	C183 as above strip of 3, right line above, middle double 2 & 3 lines	$15
20	C183 as above block of 4 double 2 & 3 lines in right lower stamp	$15
21	C183 as above block of 4 with 2 errors: line above and double line	$18
22	C183 as above block of 4 with 2 errors: line above and double line	$18
23	C183 as above surcharge shifted up used	$1
24	C183 as above on cover Tilaran to Los Angeles, registered Oct 1949	$2
25	C276 cancelled MULTA	$5
26	C321-28 UN overprint muestra MNH	$15
27	C387 strip of 3 in maroon (A375b)	$15
28	C436 block of 4 double perf in between (A446a)	$10
29	C452 imperforated strip of 3 MNH	$20
30	C471 block of 4 shifted perforations	$15
31	C482 vertical pair imperf in between (A486c)	$10
32	C545 on thin dull paper footnote	$10
33	C598 vertical pair imperf horizontal (A608a)	$20
34	C650 pair red line at left (shift colors?)	$10
35	C653 horizontal pairs with different color shades	$5
36	C653 vertical pairs with different color shades as above	$10
37	C747 block of 4 imperf vertical (758a)	$20
38	C775 vertical pair imperf in between (A786a)	$20
39	C846 pair imperforated right margin	$5
40	CE1 vertical pair imperf in between	$25
41	CE2 vertical pair imperf in between	$50
42	CE1 & CE2 vertical pairs imperf in between as above	$30
43	B1 corner block of 4 with plate number MNH	$10
44	RA1A, C, E o/p renta postales used	$8
45	RA3-6 imperforated pairs MNH	$75
46	RA7-10 imperforated pairs MNH	$75
47	RA12-15 in complete sheets of 25 MNH	$8
48	RA16-19 in complete sheets of 25 MNH	$8
49	RA27 pos 5 & 10 (CT27a + CT27c + dot)	$40
50	RA27 pair imperforated left margin	$10
51	RA32 bk of 10 imperf vertical in middle block	$25
52	RA35 vertical pair imperf horizontal no hinge	$10
53	RA37-40 in complete sheets of 50 MNH	$8
54	RA55 horizontal pair imperf right margin	$8
55	RA78 vertical strip of 3 imperf horizontal	$10
56	RA81 vertical pair imperforated	$15
57	RA89-92 blocks of 6 line under C of correos variety	$10
58	RA113 imperforated pair	$10
59	O52 double "Braulio Carrillo" no gum Saenz	$30
60	O65-69 Jimenez imperforate gum	$5
61	Guanacaste collection 1-11, 14-18, 42-47, 55-67 horiz o/p mostly gum	$250.-
62	Guanacaste 22 gum hinged	$70
63	Guanacaste 26 gum hinged, Saenz	$30
64	Guanacaste 30 gum hinged	$35
65	Guanacaste 34 gum hinged	$100.-
66	Guanacaste 38 gum hinged	$35
67	Guanacaste 55-56 cancellations 3 items	$2
68	Guanacaste 58 cancellations 4 items	$4
69	Guanacaste 59 cancellations 6 items	$2
70	Guanacaste 64 cancellations 3 items	$2
71	Guanacaste 66 cancellations 6 items	$8
72	Guanacaste 66 cancellations 6 items	$8
73	Guanacaste 67 cancellations 5 items	$3
74	Revenue vertical Guanacaste on 2c 1884 Fernandez, 12, 14, 16. 18, 20	$300.-
75	AR1-4 postal fiscal cancelled and uncancelled, no gum	$10
76	MPR12a electoral stamp muestra block of 4	$10
77	R1-10 1870 revenues duplication, most no gum 60 items	$10
78	R13-22 1882 revenues duplication, most no gum 65 items	$10
79	R1379 vertical pair imperforated	$10
80	R1393 pair with mirror impression on back	$5

Lot	Description	Reserve
Covers
81	I48 archives revenue block of 4 imperforated	$20
82	Sc164 Virgen of Angels pair on cover to Michigan Jul 1938	$2
83	Sc165 as above to Penna cachet Aug 1935	$2
84	Sc165 & 168 as above to NY censored	$2
85	Sc165 & 168 as above to Boston censored	$2
86	Sc167 pair as above to San Diego Aug 1943 censored	$2
87	Sc 164-68 complete issue on FDC 1 Aug 1935	$3
88	First flight Pan Am Mar 11, 1930 to Canada	$15
89	First flight Pan Am, as above to Cristobal Canal Zone with C8 + 150	$9
90	C187 pair on local cover Jul 1953 registered	$10
91	C205 & C213 register cover to DC Aug 1953	$15
92	C202 & C85A register cover to Laredo Mar 1954	$15
93	C385 on cover to Mexico Mar 1965	$10
94	C385 on cover to Miami, Puntarenas to SJ registered (2 items as above)	$3

Lot	Description	Reserve
Small Towns
95	Balsa (Pacific railway) to SJ Sep 1955 (C229)	$2
96 96b	El Cairo Linea Vieja-Limon-SJ May 1953 registered (C225 x4)	$4
97	Germania Linea Vieja-Limon-SJ Apr 1953 (C189)	$3
98	Germania Linea Vieja-SJ Jun 1953 (C224)	$3
99	Golfito Coto ambulante-SJ Jul 1955 (C229)	$2.5
100 100b	Guacimal-Chomes-Puntarenas-SJ Jan 1941 (190D)	$9
101 101b	Indiana-SJ Aug 1938 (178)	$7
102 102b	Juan Vinas-SJ Dec 1939 (C15 pair in back)	$2
103	SJ-Limon-Siquirres Sep 1955 (C252)	$2
104	Limon-SJ Oct 1954 (C229)	$2
105	Linea Vieja (Colombiana)-SJ Nov 1954 (C226)	$3
106	Linea Vieja (Germania)- SJ Mar 1955 (C229)	$2.5
107	Ojo de Agua-SJ Jun 1952 (C216-17)	$2.5
108 108b	Pacayas-Santiago-SJ Apr 1939 (178)	$3
109	Palmira-Paso Tempisque-SJ May 1956 (260)	$6
110	Parismina-SJ Nov 1941 (214)	$5
111	Pococi Linea Vieja -Los Angeles Apr 1968 (C457 strip 3)	$3.5
112	Pococi Linea Vieja- Los Angeles Aug 1966 (C424 pair)	$2
113	Pococi (Guacimo) Linea Vieja- Los Angeles (C424 pair)	$3
114	Pocora Pococi-Oreamuno-Los Angeles Jul 1968 reg (C454, 57)	$3
115	Pocora-Los Angeles Apr 1962 (C405, 431)	$2.5
116 116b	Puerto Humo-Puntarenas-SJ May 1937 (178)	$8
117	Rey River-Limon-SJ Jan 1962 (C323)	$7
118	Ciudad Quesada-San Carlos-SJ Apr 1961 (C308)	$2
119	Santa Rosa-Liberia-SJ Aug 1942 (218)	$8
120	Pueblo Nuevo, Hacienda Vieja, Canas Dulces on loose stamps	$2
121	Santo Domingo, Sardinal, Corozol on loose stamps	$2

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